Musician and Worship Coordinator – UK

The Worship Coordinator will be responsible for the music ministry at the church plant in the UK. Working with cultural sensitivity and in collaboration with local leadership, the worship coordinator will facilitate weekly worship by choosing songs, recruiting volunteers, and investing in the life of the church and local community.

Responsibilities:

• Lead engaging worship that includes a variety of musical styles suitable for a culturally diverse congregation
• Work in collaboration with church leadership
• Build the necessary team to carry out the worship ministry by recruiting, training, and developing local leaders from within the local congregation
• Oversee and direct weekly practices, communicating the schedule with team members and audio/visual technicians
• Select theologically sound songs for weekly worship that also seek to incorporate the cultural beauty and uniqueness of the church plant
• Ensure team members have access to songs for the week, maintain the larger song database, and train the musicians on any new songs
• Oversee the worship ministry budget in collaboration with church leadership
• Set and evaluate annual goals for the worship ministry that are in line with the church’s vision
• Maintain licensing for copyrighted worship music
• Be an active member of the church planting and outreach team by participating in regular team life, meetings, church events, Bible studies, and various outreach ministries

Requirements and Critical Qualities:

• Mature and growing Christian, with a deep and personal faith, seeking to live a life that honors and reflects Christ
• A desire to share the love of God with others
• Humble and teachable spirit
• Experience planning, preparing, and leading worship services
• Ability to lead worship with a team/band or independently
• Basic understanding of music theory
• Willing to learn songs in a variety of languages and genres
• Must exhibit servant leadership, communication, time management, organizational, and people skills 
• Basic understanding of sound equipment and the ability to learn about the team’s technical set up, including video projection and livestream equipment
• Be a student of culture with a heart to know, honor, and understand cultures different from yours
• Always growing in understanding of host culture and how you can appropriately lead, adapt, and communicate with others 
• Cultural sensitivity in planning worship, choosing songs, working with others, and deferring to local leadership

Support Raising:

The person in this role raises their full financial support for salary, ministry expenses, and benefits.
When you are appointed to go with Serge, you are assigned a support coach who will guide you step-by-step through the entire support-raising process.

About Serge

Serge is an international missions agency that believes we need the gospel as much as anyone we are trying to reach. We want to see the power of God’s grace transform your own life and motivate and sustain you to move into the lives of others.

We want your ministry to be sustainable – our dedicated Member Care Team comes alongside you personally and proactively – providing tangible support for your entire length of service.